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.\" -*- nroff -*-
.\" Copyright 2013 Los Alamos National Security, LLC. All rights reserved.
.\" Copyright (c) 2010-2018 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved
.\" Copyright 2006-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Thinking Machines Corporation
.\" $COPYRIGHT$
.TH MPI_Comm_spawn_multiple 3 "#OMPI_DATE#" "#PACKAGE_VERSION#" "#PACKAGE_NAME#"
.SH NAME
\fBMPI_Comm_spawn_multiple\fP \- Spawns multiple binaries, or the same binary with multiple sets of arguments.
.SH SYNTAX
.ft R
.SH C Syntax
.nf
#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Comm_spawn_multiple(int \fIcount\fP, char *\fIarray_of_commands\fP[],
char **\fIarray_of_argv\fP[], const int \fIarray_of_maxprocs\fP[], const MPI_Info
\fIarray_of_info\fP[], int \fIroot\fP, MPI_Comm \fIcomm\fP, MPI_Comm *\fIintercomm\fP,
int \fIarray_of_errcodes\fP[])
.fi
.SH Fortran Syntax
.nf
USE MPI
! or the older form: INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_COMM_SPAWN_MULTIPLE(\fICOUNT, ARRAY_OF_COMMANDS, ARRAY_OF_ARGV,
ARRAY_OF_MAXPROCS, ARRAY_OF_INFO, ROOT, COMM, INTERCOMM,
ARRAY_OF_ERRCODES, IERROR\fP)
INTEGER \fICOUNT, ARRAY_OF_INFO(*), ARRAY_OF_MAXPROCS(*), ROOT,
COMM, INTERCOMM, ARRAY_OF_ERRCODES(*), IERROR\fP
CHARACTER*(*) \fIARRAY_OF_COMMANDS\fP(*), \fIARRAY_OF_ARGV\fP(\fICOUNT\fP, *)
.fi
.SH Fortran 2008 Syntax
.nf
USE mpi_f08
MPI_Comm_spawn_multiple(\fIcount\fP, \fIarray_of_commands\fP, \fIarray_of_argv\fP,
\fIarray_of_maxprocs\fP, \fIarray_of_info\fP, \fIroot\fP, \fIcomm\fP, \fIintercomm,\fP
\fIarray_of_errcodes\fP, \fIierror\fP)
INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: \fIcount\fP, \fIarray_of_maxprocs(*)\fP, \fIroot\fP
CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: \fIarray_of_commands(*)\fP
CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: \fIarray_of_argv(count\fP, \fI*)\fP
TYPE(MPI_Info), INTENT(IN) :: \fIarray_of_info(*)\fP
TYPE(MPI_Comm), INTENT(IN) :: \fIcomm\fP
TYPE(MPI_Comm), INTENT(OUT) :: \fIintercomm\fP
INTEGER :: \fIarray_of_errcodes(*)\fP
INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: \fIierror\fP
.fi
.SH C++ Syntax
.nf
#include <mpi.h>
MPI::Intercomm MPI::Intracomm::Spawn_multiple(int \fIcount\fP,
const char* \fIarray_of_commands\fP[], const char** \fIarray_of_argv\fP[],
const int \fIarray_of_maxprocs\fP[], const MPI::Info \fIarray_of_info\fP[],
int \fIroot\fP, int \fIarray_of_errcodes\fP[])
MPI::Intercomm MPI::Intracomm::Spawn_multiple(int \fIcount\fP,
const char* \fIarray_of_commands\fP[], const char** \fIarray_of_argv\fP[],
const int \fIarray_of_maxprocs\fP[], const MPI::Info \fIarray_of_info\fP[],
int \fIroot\fP)
.fi
.SH INPUT PARAMETERS
.ft R
.TP 1i
count
Number of commands (positive integer, significant to MPI only at \fIroot\fP -- see NOTES).
.TP 1i
array_of_commands
Programs to be executed (array of strings, significant only at \fIroot\fP).
.TP 1i
array_of_argv
Arguments for \fIcommands\fP (array of array of strings, significant only at \fIroot\fP).
.TP 1i
array_of_maxprocs
Maximum number of processes to start for each command (array of integers, significant only at \fIroot\fP).
.TP 1i
array_of_info
Info objects telling the runtime system where and how to start processes (array of handles, significant only at \fIroot\fP).
.TP 1i
root
Rank of process in which previous arguments are examined (integer).
.TP 1i
comm
Intracommunicator containing group of spawning processes (handle).
.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
.ft R
.TP 1i
intercomm
Intercommunicator between original group and the newly spawned group (handle).
.TP 1i
array_of_errcodes
One code per process (array of integers).
.TP 1i
IERROR
Fortran only: Error status (integer).
.SH DESCRIPTION
.ft R
MPI_Comm_spawn_multiple is identical to MPI_Comm_spawn(3) except that
it can specify multiple executables. The first argument, \fIcount\fP,
indicates the number of executables. The next three arguments are
arrays of the corresponding arguments in MPI_Comm_spawn(3). The next
argument, \fIarray_of_info\fP, is an array of \fIinfo\fP arguments, one
for each executable. See the INFO ARGUMENTS section for more information.
.sp
For the Fortran version of \fIarray_of_argv\fP, the element \fIarray_of_argv\fP(i,j) is the jth argument to command number i.
.sp
In any language, an application may use the constant MPI_ARGVS_NULL (which is likely to be (char ***)0 in C) to specify that no arguments should be passed to any commands. The effect of setting individual elements of \fIarray_of_argv\fP to MPI_ARGV_NULL is not defined. To specify arguments for some commands but not others, the commands without arguments should have a corresponding \fIargv\fP whose first element is null ((char *)0 in C and empty string in Fortran).
.sp
All of the spawned processes have the same MPI_COMM_WORLD. Their ranks in MPI_COMM_WORLD correspond directly to the order in which the commands are specified in MPI_Comm_spawn_multiple. Assume that m1 processes are generated by the first command, m2 by the second, etc. The processes corresponding to the first command have ranks 0, 1,..., m1-1. The processes in the second command have ranks m1, m1+1, ..., m1+m2-1. The processes in the third have ranks m1+m2, m1+m2+1, ..., m1+m2+m3-1, etc.
.sp
The \fIarray_of_errcodes\fP argument is 1-dimensional array of size
.sp
.nf
_ count
\\ n ,
/_ i=1 i
.fi
.sp
where i is the ith element of \fIarray_of_maxprocs\fP. Command number \fIi\fP corresponds to the i contiguous slots in this array from element
.sp
.nf
_ _
_ \fIi\fP-1 | _ \fIi\fP |
\\ n , to | \\ n | -1
/_ \fIj\fP=1 i | /_ \fIj\fP=1 j |
|_ _|
.fi
.sp
Error codes are treated as for MPI_Comm_spawn(3).
.SH INFO ARGUMENTS
The following keys for \fIinfo\fP are recognized in "#PACKAGE_NAME#". (The reserved values mentioned in Section 5.3.4 of the MPI-2 standard are not implemented.)
.sp
.sp
.nf
Key Type Description
--- ---- -----------
host char * Comma-separated list of hosts on which
the processes should be spawned. See
the \fIorte_host\fP man page for an
explanation of how this will be used.
hostfile char * Hostfile containing the hosts on which
the processes are to be spawned. See
the \fIorte_hostfile\fP man page for
an explanation of how this will be
used.
add-host char * Add the specified hosts to the list of
hosts known to this job and use it for
the associated processes. This will be
used similarly to the -host option.
add-hostfile char * Hostfile containing hosts to be added
to the list of hosts known to this job
and use it for the associated
process. This will be used similarly
to the -hostfile option.
wdir char * Directory where the executable is
located. If files are to be
pre-positioned, then this location is
the desired working directory at time
of execution - if not specified, then
it will automatically be set to
\fIompi_preload_files_dest_dir\fP.
ompi_prefix char * Same as the --prefix command line
argument to mpirun.
ompi_preload_binary bool If set to true, pre-position the
specified executable onto the remote
host. A destination directory must
also be provided.
ompi_preload_files char * A comma-separated list of files that
are to be pre-positioned in addition
to the executable. Note that this
option does not depend upon
\fIompi_preload_binary\fP - files can
be moved to the target even if an
executable is not moved.
ompi_stdin_target char * Comma-delimited list of ranks to
receive stdin when forwarded.
ompi_non_mpi bool If set to true, launching a non-MPI
application; the returned communicator
will be MPI_COMM_NULL. Failure to set
this flag when launching a non-MPI
application will cause both the child
and parent jobs to "hang".
ompi_param char * Pass an OMPI MCA parameter to the
child job. If that parameter already
exists in the environment, the value
will be overwritten by the provided
value.
mapper char * Mapper to be used for this job
map_by char * Mapping directive indicating how
processes are to be mapped (slot,
node, socket, etc.).
rank_by char * Ranking directive indicating how
processes are to be ranked (slot,
node, socket, etc.).
bind_to char * Binding directive indicating how
processes are to be bound (core, slot,
node, socket, etc.).
path char * List of directories to search for
the executable
npernode char * Number of processes to spawn on
each node of the allocation
pernode bool Equivalent to npernode of 1
ppr char * Spawn specified number of processes
on each of the identified object type
env char * Newline-delimited list of envars to
be passed to the spawned procs
.fi
.sp
\fIbool\fP info keys are actually strings but are evaluated as
follows: if the string value is a number, it is converted to an
integer and cast to a boolean (meaning that zero integers are false
and non-zero values are true). If the string value is
(case-insensitive) "yes" or "true", the boolean is true. If the
string value is (case-insensitive) "no" or "false", the boolean is
false. All other string values are unrecognized, and therefore false.
.sp
Note that if any of the info handles have \fIompi_non_mpi\fP set to
true, then all info handles must have it set to true. If some are set
to true, but others are set to false (or are unset), MPI_ERR_INFO will
be returned.
.sp
Note that in "#PACKAGE_NAME#", the first array location in \fIarray_of_info\fP is applied to all the commands in \fIarray_of_commands\fP.
.SH NOTES
The argument \fIcount\fP is interpreted by MPI only at the root, as is \fIarray_of_argv\fP. Since the leading dimension of \fIarray_of_argv\fP is \fIcount\fP, a nonpositive value of \fIcount\fP at a nonroot node could theoretically cause a runtime bounds check error, even though \fIarray_of_argv\fP should be ignored by the subroutine. If this happens, you should explicitly supply a reasonable value of \fIcount\fP on the nonroot nodes.
.sp
Similar to MPI_Comm_spawn(3), it is the application's responsibility
to terminate each individual set of argv in the
.I array_of_argv
argument. In C, each argv array is terminated by a NULL pointer. In
Fortran, each argv array is terminated by an empty string (note that
compilers will not automatically insert this blank string; the
application must ensure to have enough space for an empty string entry
as the last element of the array).
.sp
Other restrictions apply to the
.I array_of_argv
parameter; see MPI_Comm_spawn(3)'s description of the
.I argv
parameter for more details.
.sp
MPI-3.1 implies (but does not directly state) that the argument
\fIarray_of_commands\fP must be an array of strings of length
\fIcount\fP. Unlike the \fIarray_of_argv\fP parameter,
\fIarray_of_commands\fP does not need to be terminated with a NULL
pointer in C or a blank string in Fortran. Older versions of Open MPI
required that \fIarray_of_commands\fP be terminated with a blank
string in Fortran; that is no longer required in this version of Open
MPI.
.sp
Calling MPI_Comm_spawn(3) many times would create many sets of
children with different MPI_COMM_WORLDs, whereas
MPI_Comm_spawn_multiple creates children with a single MPI_COMM_WORLD,
so the two methods are not completely equivalent. Also if you need to
spawn multiple executables, you may get better performance by using
MPI_Comm_spawn_multiple instead of calling MPI_Comm_spawn(3) several
times.
.SH ERRORS
Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument. C++ functions do not return errors. If the default error handler is set to MPI::ERRORS_THROW_EXCEPTIONS, then on error the C++ exception mechanism will be used to throw an MPI::Exception object.
.sp
Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler is
called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job, except for I/O function errors. The error handler may be changed with MPI_Comm_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.
.SH SEE ALSO
.ft R
.sp
.nf
MPI_Comm_spawn(3)
MPI_Comm_get_parent(3)
mpirun(1)
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